UNEP is working with Municipal Corporation of Munger to support them on plastics waste management and EPR. In this regard, UNEP conducted an awareness and...

An event was held on 17th October, 2022 in New Delhi to mark the culmination of The India-Norway cooperation project on capacity building for reducing...

UNEP, as a part of ICSE 2023, conducted a session on the Tide turner Plastic Challenge (TTPC) on 20th September 2023 with specific focus on...

As part of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the 17th September, 2022, and INOPOL Project partner institutions: SRM, MGC, TERI, NIVA, CIPET and Toxics...

On the occasion of International Coastal Cleanup Day 2023, a capacity-building workshop on microplastics and persistent organic pollutants sampling was conducted at the Cauvery River...

A two day workshop was conducted to provide an in-depth understanding of waste inventory and current management, regulatory and institutional framework, programs and bi- and...

UNEP, in collaboration with the Bihar SPCB, organised a meeting with plastic waste recyclers from Bihar on 25th July, 2023. The primary focus of the...

On the 12th of June, the Research Council of Norway and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs organised a conference to highlight efforts for Norwegian-Indian cooperation...

INOPOL Project partners kicked off the next phase of the project, building on momentum of the first phase to strengthen capacities to reduce plastic pollution...

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) under the aegis of the India-Norway Pollution Initiative organized an online Workshop on “Alternatives to Single Use Plastic – A step towards Lifestyle...

SINTEF was one of the sponsors of the 19th Green Cementech organised by CII in Hyderabad. SINTEF made a keynote presentation on the OPTOCE project...

UNEP partnered with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to host an awareness event titled “Rally for garbage free cities – SWACHHOTSAV” on International...

Project partners, NIVA, CIPET, SRM, Toxics Link and MGC gathered for a 2-day kick-off workshop for Phase 2 of the INOPOL project. The workshop involved...

SINTEF and Geoclean (erstwhile Geocycle) have conducted a pilot demonstration with non-recyclable plastic wastes at Ambuja- Bhatapara Cement Plant in Chhattisgarh during 13-18 December 2022....

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India and the Royal Norwegian Embassy,...

SINTEF organised a special session in the International Conference- 12th IconSWM-CE in Tirupati on 30th November 2022 in association with the IconSWM secretariat. In the...

The Ocean Plastic Turned into an Opportunity in Circular Economy (OPTOCE) Regional Forum was organised by SINTEF in Bangkok during October 27–28, 2022 with the...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India in partnership with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GIZ and, FICCI organized hybrid training...

Book Launch at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Delhi. Chargé d’affaires, Martine Aamdal Bottheim, with the authors and the publisher. Kåre Helge Karstensen (SINTEF) co-authored...

UNEP and iFOREST conducted a stakeholder consultation workshop on 28th July 2022 to examine the status of recycling of plastic packaging and examine opportunities for...

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, under the India-Norway Marine Pollution...

The INOPOL team held two virtual capacity building and training programmes on plastic and POPs pollution in August 2021and May 2022. Scientists, experts from the...

Stakeholder consultation workshop on plastic waste management in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF, urban local bodies...

Stakeholder consultation workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Ahmedabad on February 25, 2022. The stakeholders were from Gujarat Pollution Control Board, UNICEF and various...

A thematic track titled ‘Reducing plastic and chemical pollution in the marine environment’ was organized by INOPOL during the World Sustainable Development Summit hosted by...

The high-level closing event of the Awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics was organized on 20th December June 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and...

CSE has partnered with the national policy think tank NITI Aayog for a pan India study to document the best practices in Solid Waste Management....

A webinar titled “Important but ignored? The role of the informal sector in a future international agreement on plastic pollution” was jointly organized by the...

A Special session on ‘Resource Recovery Options for Non-Recyclable Plastic Wastes (NRPW) in India to Prevent Marine Litter and Microplastics’ was conducted on 2nd December...

Onsite trainings were conducted with active participation from city officials from 24 states. The objective of the programmes was to enable participants understand the essential...

The Awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics was launched on 8th June 2021 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India...

A two-month long awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics jointly organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in collaboration with UNEP,...

An awareness campaign on Single-Use Plastics jointly organized by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in collaboration with the UNEP, GIZ,...

UNEP in partnership with RTSOI conducted the CEO round table on sustainable tourism that led to 14 signatories from the Indian hospitality sector signing the...

On the occasion of World Oceans Day, a two-month awareness generation campaign on plastic waste management and elimination of identified single use plastic items was...

SINTEF was one of the organisers of the online Workshop on ‘Environmental Restoration and Circular Economy’. The workshop was organised on 12.6.2021. Dr. Kåre Helge...

During the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards a Circular Economy the OPTOCE project hosted a Special Session (online) with presentation of OPTOCE-activities...

The webinar explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on key aspects of the waste management ecosystem, including the implications of the pandemic on the...

His excellency Minister Sveinung Rotevatn, Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway formally inaugurated the INOPOL event on February 17, 2020 at the Sabarmati river front...